Spouse & Children

Martha J. Hatley Nancy C. Smothers (1869-1950) Thomas Green Smothers (1871-1946) Martha J. Smothers (1874-1964) William Wheeler Smothers (1876-1964) Sarah Elizabeth Smothers (1879-1942) John Franklin Smothers (1890-1964)

Brothers & Sisters

Mary (Polly) Ann Smothers (1847-1944) Nancy Caroline Smothers (1849-1934) Z. Taylor Smothers (1851-1907) John Green Smothers (1853-1923) Jacob Franklin Smothers (1856-1897) Martha J. Smothers (1856-1861) James Manor Blakeney (1862-1893) Sarah Elizabeth Blakeney (1864-1946)

Frances fought with the 2nd Tennessee Mounted Infantry USA during the Civil War. He enlisted 1 August 1864 at Johnsonville, Tennessee for one year. He was mustered in at Nashville Tennessee and mustered out on 27 June 1865. He filed and received an invalid pension in 1892.^{5 6 7}

Sources:

1. Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
2. Footnote.com-Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index
3. Find A Grave http://www.findagrave.com
4. Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002
5. Francis Smother's Civil War Service Record
6. 1890 Vetern's Schedule
7. The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, National Park Service